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Oil hysteria, part 2 Are low gas prices an inalienable right?	Jon Rynn	02 May 2008	Gristmill
I'm listening to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talk to Thom Hartmann on Air America. Sanders is arguably the best senator in decades, and understands, as he just explained, that we need to transform our energy system toward renewables. But he also said something to the effect that 'we have to get gas prices back down.' I can't blame him -- particularly in his state of Vermont, rural people are getting slammed by high gas prices, because they have to drive long distances. ...
Topics: energy, oil, placemaking, politics, public transportation, renewable energy, sprawl, Vermont (all these topics)

Primaries thread	David Roberts	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
This is the thread to discuss all things election related this evening. To kick things off: Obama wins Vermont, handily, as expected. From what I hear the other three are tight. UPDATE: According to CNN, McCain has won Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island, thereby securing the Republican nomination. Guess Huckabee should have majored in math after all. UPDATE: Clinton projected to win Rhode Island. UPDATE: CNN is projecting that both my children are now in bed ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Ohio, politics, presidential race 08, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont (all these topics)

Syrup and Away Vermont named greenest state in Forbes ranking		22 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 3:46 PM on 22 Oct 2007 Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the greenest state of all? Far from eco-nonchalant, Forbes ranks 'em all and picks Vermont. source: Forbes From the Archives Good News for People Who Love Bad News. Reports bring various doomy and gloomy predictions. Everything But the Ocean Sink. World's oceans sequestering less CO2 than expected. Tricky Lake. Water loss in Great Lakes ...
Topics: lists, news, Vermont (all these topics)

Over the moon for cow power Methane from Vermont dairy farms to provide electricity for utility customers	Erik Hoffner	20 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Central Vermont Public Service is laying claim to one of the fastest-growing renewable energy programs in the country: its customers can now choose to receive all, half, or a quarter of their electrical energy through the Cow Power program, which digests cow manure at participating dairy farms, captures the methane, and uses that to power generators. CVPS customers pay a premium of 4 cents per KWh, delivering another revenue stream for farmers, who are paid 95 per ...
Topics: Vermont, energy, agriculture (all these topics)

Sass Is in Sessions Judge rules against Big Auto, says states can regulate emissions from cars		12 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 11:11 AM on 12 Sep 2007 States should be allowed to restrict greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, and Big Auto should just deal, a federal judge ruled today. Right now, the only real way to curb the emissions is to improve gas mileage; when Vermont decided to adopt California's strict emissions rules, automakers sued, claiming that the state was illegally regulating fuel economy -- and that ma ...
Topics: ... climate, energy, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, state politics, Vermont (all these topics)

Breaking: Automakers lose Vermont judge rules that Calif. and other states can implement tough tailpipe emission standards	David Roberts	12 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Big news: the lawsuit by U.S. automakers attempting to block California and 14 other states' adoption of tough new tailpipe emissions standards has lost: A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. auto industry's attempt to block California and 14 other states from setting tough new fuel economy standards, saying the industry had not proved the regulations were illegal, unsafe or unattainable. The ruling was a big loss for the industry in the fight over wheth ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, Vermont (all these topics)

Nukes ablaze, but SolarFest burns brighter Vermont renewable energy festival looks to the future	Erik Hoffner	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
News today that a quake has caused a fire at a nuke plant in Japan follows revelations of operator error that could have caused an accident at the 1,316 MW Krummel reactor in Germany, owned by Vattenfall Europe. When a fire broke out at that plant in late June, operators panicked and put the reactor on emergency shutdown, against their guidelines, and put the reactor at risk. Then Vattenfall tried to cover up what happened. I learned of this at SolarFest this weekend ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, nuclear power, renewable energy, Vermont (all these topics)

Do They Even Have Roads There? Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case		09 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Do They Even Have Roads There? Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case This week, the U.S. state with the fewest registered cars will take the driver's seat in the race to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions. A Vermont court will hear a landmark case on whether the state's adoption of a stringent California emissions law is legal. Under the Clean Air Act, states ...
Topics: cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, state politics, Vermont (all these topics)

I'm Hot, Sticky Sweet Vermont's maple-syrup industry braces for climate change		26 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
I'm Hot, Sticky Sweet Vermont's maple-syrup industry braces for climate change Will warmer winters stop the flow of Vermont maple syrup? That's the question of the day in the Green Mountain State, where folks worry that climate change will make the $200 million industry -- which provides 32 percent of U.S. syrup output -- dry up. "I've always been, 'Oh, global warming, I don't kno ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, food and agriculture, news, Vermont (all these topics)

Heeeeere Techy, Techy, Techy Vermont angling to become the green version of Silicon Valley		07 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Heeeeere Techy, Techy, Techy Vermont angling to become the green version of Silicon Valley Vermont, which has long tussled with Maine to avoid the tag of "whitest state in the nation," is going in search of some color -- green, that is. Lending depth to its nickname, the Green Mountain State is luring eco-engineers to its verdant flanks and helping established green companies expand. Noting that the state boasts "cle ...
Topics: business, news, Vermont (all these topics)

Some States Get All the Luck California wilderness bill passes Congress, Vermont wilderness bill doesn't		02 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Some States Get All the Luck California wilderness bill passes Congress, Vermont wilderness bill doesn't Just before adjourning for election season on Friday, Congress OK'd a bill to designate 273,000 acres in Northern California as wilderness, including a long stretch of stunning coastal land, and President Bush is expected to sign it into law. Conservationists and their congressional allies had been aiming to prote ...
Topics: California, news, Vermont, wilderness (all these topics)

Hope and Glory Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a global-warming march		04 Sep 2006	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, published in 1989, the first book for a general audience on climate change. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, his forthcoming book is titled Deep Economy. He's participating in a five-day walk calling for action to fight global warming -- From the Road Less Traveled: Vermonters Walking Toward a Clean Energy Future. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 04 Sep 2006 ...
Topics: climate, Dispatches, Vermont (all these topics)

Honk If You Care About the Climate Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a global-warming march		03 Sep 2006	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, published in 1989, the first book for a general audience on climate change. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, his forthcoming book is titled Deep Economy. He's participating in a five-day walk calling for action to fight global warming -- From the Road Less Traveled: Vermonters Walking Toward a Clean Energy Future. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 ...
Topics: climate, Dispatches, Vermont (all these topics)

Bright Young Things Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a global-warming march		01 Sep 2006	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, published in 1989, the first book for a general audience on climate change. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, his forthcoming book is titled Deep Economy. He's participating in a five-day walk calling for action to fight global warming -- From the Road Less Traveled: Vermonters Walking Toward a Clean Energy Future. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 01 Sep ...
Topics: climate, Dispatches, Vermont (all these topics)

The Road Less Traveled Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a global-warming march		31 Aug 2006	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, published in 1989, the first book for a general audience on climate change. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, his forthcoming book is titled Deep Economy. He's participating in a five-day walk calling for action to fight global warming -- From the Road Less Traveled: Vermonters Walking Toward a Clean Energy Future. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 3 ...
Topics: climate, Dispatches, Vermont (all these topics)

Street Cred Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a global-warming march		30 Aug 2006	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, published in 1989, the first book for a general audience on climate change. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, his forthcoming book is titled Deep Economy. He's participating in a five-day walk calling for action to fight global warming -- From the Road Less Traveled: Vermonters Walking Toward a Clean Energy Future. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 30 Aug 2006 ...
Topics: climate, Dispatches, Vermont (all these topics)

Pact Into a Corner NE states face choice between nuclear power and greenhouse-gas emissions		14 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Pact Into a Corner NE states face choice between nuclear power and greenhouse-gas emissions New Jersey and Vermont -- two of nine Northeast states negotiating a pact to cap greenhouse-gas emissions -- rely heavily on nuclear-generated energy. Now, with the 40-year-long licenses of New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear plant and the Vermont Yankee plant nearing expiration, the states could f ...
Topics: air pollution, New Jersey, news, Northeast, nuclear power, Vermont (all these topics)

Ho Chi ... Man, I Gotta Pee Vermont rest stop combines advanced green toilets with Vietnam memorial		31 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Ho Chi ... Man, I Gotta Pee Vermont rest stop combines advanced green toilets with Vietnam memorial Like chocolate and peanut butter, it's a combination so natural you wonder why nobody thought of it earlier: Vermont has built a $6.3 million rest stop featuring an ecologically advanced flush-toilet system, a greenhouse, and ... the country's oldest Vietnam memorial. Located along Interstate 89, the "living machine" green-t ...
Topics: news, Vermont, Vietnam (all these topics)

The Full Vermonty State of Vermont Endangered by Wal-Mart, Group Says		25 May 2004	Daily Grist
The Full Vermonty State of Vermont Endangered by Wal-Mart, Group Says The National Trust for Historic Preservation released its list of endangered historic sites yesterday, citing such imperiled landmarks as Pennsylvania's Bethlehem Works steel plant, Utah's Nine Mile Canyon, and the state of Vermont. Yup, the whole state. According to the trust, mega-retailer Wal-Mart's aggressive plans for expansion in the state threaten its ...
Topics: business, Vermont, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Independent's Day Jim Jeffords gets riled up about the environment in a Grist interview	Amanda Griscom	10 May 2004	Main Dish
Jim Jeffords. Photo: U.S. Senate. If an environmental action-hero figure is ever made of Jim Jeffords -- and if the Independent Vermont senator is willing to be immortalized not only in plastic but also in drag -- it will have to be called "Cassandra." Like Cassandra, Jeffords has a gift for prophecy. Only four months into President Bush's term, he saw the signs of u ...
Topics: interview, politics, United States, Vermont (all these topics)

Keen on Dean Babbitt, Hawken, and other enviros throw their weight behind Dean	Bruce Babbitt, Paul Hawken, Bill McKibben, Terry Tempest Williams	15 Jan 2004	Soapbox
By Bruce Babbitt, Paul Hawken, Bill McKibben and Terry Tempest Williams 15 Jan 2004 We've spent much of our lives working for environmental change -- for a response to global warming, for the preservation of biodiversity, for wild places, for family farms. But this winter, we're working for Howard Dean for president -- backing him in the confident hope that his victory will mean that the deep environmental principles ...
Topics: politics, United States, Vermont (all these topics)

All Together Now		27 May 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: food and agriculture, green living, placemaking, Vermont (all these topics)

All Together Now Community and sustainability go hand in hand	Elizabeth Sawin	27 May 2003	Soapbox
Some years ago, I was part of a group that set out to create a community where we could work toward living with less impact on the environment. One of the first steps we took was to write down a list of principles to guide us as we worked to turn our vision into reality. At the top of the list were "community" and "sustainability." (The others, if you're curious, were "unity,&quo ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, Vermont (all these topics)

Greenie Get Your Gun		19 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Read more about: Vermont Greenie Get Your Gun "Gun-toting" is not a phrase frequently used to modify "environmentalist," but that could change if Vermont approves a measure to grant police powers to investigators with the state's Agency of Natural Resources. The measure, currently being considered by the Vermont senate, would allow investigators to serve subpoenas and legal notices, access criminal records and law enforcement radio systems, apply for and enforce search warran ...
Topics: Vermont (all these topics)

Brown Mountain State?		29 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Brown Mountain State? The Green Mountain State is looking less and less green every day: Vermont environmentalists are increasingly concerned about the fate of the state under new Republican Gov. Jim Douglas. So far, Douglas has proposed an 8 percent cut in the Natural Resources Agency budget, pledged to reexamine a plan to protect lands in the Northeast Kingdom, and appointed business executives to key environmental ...
Topics: business, politics, Vermont, wildlife (all these topics)

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